Improvement in ch eese-presses



C; A. CODDING,

Cheese Press.

Patented Jan. 28, 1862.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

O. A. OODDING, 0F AUGUSTA, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEESE-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,241 dated January28, 1862.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, O. A. OODDING, of Augusta, Kalamazoo county,Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCheese-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, A representsa hoop or cylinder, which is made of metal and perforated around itsperiphery with numerous small holes for the escape of whey, saidcylinder being hollow and without heads, as represented.

B represents a plunger, constructed as seen, and with a perforatedbottom, and with air-holes x w in its periphery, said plunger beingprovided with a tube D, as shown, to give it strength to bear pressureupon it.

0 represents the hollow bottom, which is also provided with a tube 0'.

The head in its upper end is perforated, as shown. The bottom slidesinto the bottom or lower end of the cylinder, while the plunger slidesinto the upper end. The curd is placed between the bottom head and theplunger and weight is placed upon the plunger, the whey escaping throughthe perforations.

Wires are inserted in the metal of the cylinder as well as the plungerand bottom, for giving strength and durability.

The great advantages of this arrangement are, the bottom being movablecan be turned and adjusted to prevent clogging of its perforations andcan be removed in order the more easily to remove the cheese after it ispressed.

A portion of this press has already been patented to me; hence myimprovement in this case relates more particularly to the adjustablebottom when used in connection with what has been previously patented.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment of the adjustable bottom 0, constructed as set forth, incombination with the hoop or cylinder A and perforated plunger B,arranged and operating as and for the purpose specified.

C. A. CODDING.

Witnesses:

O. W. COOK, ALBERT THOMPSON.

